Education : journal of the N.S.W. Public School Teachers Federation

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Nef 331.8809944 EDU
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Sydney : The Federation, 1919-2021
Issue
Vol. 65 No. 08 (21 May 1984)
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Australian Teacher No. 8 May 1984 supplement, 36 pages
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Australian Teacher No. 8 May 1984 supplement, 36 pages
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Contents

education JOURNAL OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES TEACHERS FEDERATION 1
STAFFING CAMPAIGN 1
Advertising 2
4.1% FLOW ON 2
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SALARY RATES CROWN EMPLOYEES EDUCATION TEACHING SERVICE AWARD 2
The President writes... Where we Stand! 3
STATEMENT FROM THREE PRESIDENTIAL OFFICERS 3
Also Inside: 3
ACADEMIC SALARIES: 5% INCREASE 3
LETTERS to the editors Support for Figtree 4
Thanks Warners Bay 4
Army Unwelcome 4
Farewell Mike Keane 4
And Again 4
Ausflag 88 4
One of the Victims 4
Dubious Fortune 4
False Picture 4
Kel, Sarah and Stephen INTENSIVE SWIMMING PROGRAM 5
The Management of Stress in the Classroom 5
More Letters Veneer of Equality 6
Survey The Membership 6
“Whose Self-Interest” 6
Fair Go for the West 6
Action from Everyone 6
Sick Certificates 6
Get Well Michael 6
PEP 6
Permanent Part-Time 6
TAFE: Second Hand Timber! 7
MEMBERSHIP of the AUSTRALIAN TEACHERS UNION 7
More Letters Form Letters 8
Elect a Safety Officer 8
Stop Bellyaching 8
PEP Committee 8
Diagnostic IQ Tests 8
T.H.A. Replies 8
STAFF SCHOOL COUNCIL 9
Welfare Report: SICK LEAVE – ARE THE NEW PROVISIONS CHANGED OR UNCHANGED? 9
EI Salvador: REPRESSION of TEACHERS 10
Advertising 10
PEP UNDER WAY? 11
THE CONSULTATIVE PAPER 11
BILLON $ GRAB 12 , 13
$1 BILLION DIVERTED TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN 1988 – WHAT IT COULD PROVIDE IN THE PUBLIC SYSTEM: 12
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN DETAILS – GET INVOLVED! 13
Advertising 14
PROGRAM INSPECTIONS – PART III 14 , 15
THE LAW BREAKERS Conclusion of a four part series 15
Advertising 16
REVERSE GARBAGE 17
Advertising 17
BOOKS 18
Advertising 18
THEATRE 19
Advertising 19 , 20 , 21
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 141 21
SCHOOL TOUR NEWS 22
3 DAY CANBERRA/ THREDBO TOUR 22
3 DAY CANBERRA/BATHURST TOUR 22
2 DAY CANBERRA 22
2 DAY NEWCASTLE 22
2 DAY BATHURST HILL END TOUR 22
Advertising 22 , 23
The National Page Two minority reports! 24
ATF puts the teacher view 24
Advertising 24
The Australian THACHER 25
Advertising 26
The Australian Teacher 27
FOR THE RECORD 28
Advertising 28 , 29 , 30
Surprise, surprise, Tannock lets us down 31 , 32
Residualization: what’s that? 33 , 34 , 43
UNIVERSAL PUBLIC SERVICE 33
RESIDUAL PUBLIC SERVICE 33
ODE 35
Traps beyond the open door 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40
EXCURSIONS 41
Maths for the real World 42 , 43
Language through the subjects 44 , 45 , 46
Hints Preparing a topic 46
Presenting a topic 46
No title 46
An Electric Circuit 47
[?] The Corectionist: Notes for a memoir 48
Letter to an Oriental Father 48
Cicada in the Examination Hall 48
CURRICULUM Bulls-eye or ricochet? Eating the curriculum A DEMOCRATIC CURRICULUM 49
Worthwhile with some difficulties 49 , 50
Muddled attempt 50
Lacking a sense of urgency 50 , 51
Teaching as theatre 52
Organization is the key 52 , 53
Bridging the information gap 53
An alternative manifesto: The General Polytechnic School 54
Teacher motorvation 55
LAST CLASS FRIDAY 56 , 57
A litany of oppression 58
Filipino teachers rally 58 , 59
Where’s Julio? 59
MEANWHILE... EDUCATION OVERSEAS 59
Watching the Schools Commission 60
Curriculum workshop 60
Advertising 61 , 62

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education  

JOURNAL OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES TEACHERS FEDERATION  

Vol. 65, NO.  

May 21,1984  

Price $l.OO  

Registered by Australia Post Publication Number N8G1213  

STAFFING  

CAMPAIGN  

by Alan Layt  

Senior Vice-President  

At April Council it was reported  

during the presentation of the  

recommendation on staffing  

shortages that the Department  

had promised to inform the  

Federation of its proposals for  

overcoming the staffing crisis.  

On the May 3, the Senior  

Officers of the Federation met  

with Mr lan Scott and Mr Brian  

Gillett who outlined the Depart-  

mental proposals to cope with  

staffing in 1985.  

.. • •  

ie an ease in rimary  

Education  

As regards Primary Schools  

they had drawn up priority list  

for the introduction of relief  

from face to face teaching to Pi’s  

to P2’s. Each of these priorities  

had been costed and it would be  

left to the government to decide  

how far it would go in imple-  

menting this relief in 1985.  

Their priorities are:  

a) Relief and release in special  

education  

b) Relief and release in central  

schools  

c) Relief and release in and  

department schools  

d) Relief and release for the  

executives in class schools  

e) Relief and release for class  

schools  

The Department had also  

prepared proposals on executive  

restructuring in primary schools  

had offered to discuss this with  

the Federation in the second  

week of the May holidays along  

with changes to the staffing  

formula.  

Primary Staffing  

As regards staffing in Primary  

Schools the Department has  

estimated that 600 positions will  

be lost next year because of  

declining enrolments. The De-  

partment will apply for 647 new  

primary positions; 225 of these  

to provide relief from face to face  

teaching, and 150 to provide  

regional supplements to create  

some flexibility in the applica-  

tion of the staffing formula.  

Secondary Staffing  

relation to Secondary  

staffing the Department intends  

app^y f° some 700 800  

extra positions, 460 to cover  

increased enrolments and 100 to  

provide regional supplements to  

allow greater flexibility in the  

staffing of Year 7. The Depart-  

ment also intends to introduce  

needs component into the staff-  

ing of Year 7.  

The Department has also  

agreed to set up Staffing  

Appeals Committee and intends  

to discuss the details of this with  

the Federation during the second  

week of Term 2.  

Staffing Shortages in Secon-  

dary Schools  

The Department recognised  

two as ects this problem,  

namely: inducements to teach in  

isolated and unfavourable areas  

anf the overall problem of  

shortages of staff especially in  

country areas.  

he Department stated that  

it was considering the following  

inducements for country service  

but had not, as yet, decided on  

them: —  

• ent of first appointment  

expenses  

• Additional paid holidays  

• Xmas Holidays in the Western  

Division to begin week earlier  

rather than end week later  

• salary advance for teacher  

taking up duties in an isolated  

school  

• The Department is also seri-  

ously considering points sys-  

tern of transfer along the lines  

proposed in the 1984 Annual  

Conference Policy. Federation  

also recommended to them that  

they consider the sl3m the  

Teacher Housing Authority  

needs for upgrading and main-  

tenance and that they consider  

asking the Federation Commis-  

sion to stop opposing the appli-  

cation for the indexation of the  

Locality Allowance.  

As regards the supply of  

teachers the Department stated  

they were advertising for  

teachers now. The ads, so far  

only nominate region’ but the  

Department was agreeable to try  

ds which named specific schools.  

The Department proposes to  

introduce conversion courses for  

teachers in the service and 10  

week crash courses for untrained  

graduates. The Federation raised  

the issue of the standards of  

teachers qualifications and the  

Department was willing to  

negotiate their proposals with  

the Federation in order to ensure  

that standards are maintained,  

The Federation also suggested  

(since these conversion courses  

were seen as being largely for  

primary teachers who wished to  

move into the secondary sphere)  

that the Department consider  

part-time courses for secondary  

teachers who wished to change  

their subject area and also  

consider new approaches to  

counsellors’ courses to that  

teachers who wished to become  

school counsellors would be  

encouraged to get the equivalent  

of pyschology major and join  

the programme.  

Finally the Department in-  

tends, to re-introduce scholar-  

ships in Maths, Science, Indus-  

trial Arts and Music and will  

offer these in the second half of  

this year. They will launch  

publicity campaign at the same  

time to sell their crash courses  

and scholarships. They intend to  

discuss these staffing proposals  

with the Federation early in the  

second term.  

By and large tblS acka Sf  

appearS to be “band-aid”  

prop ° Sa av ® rt the serious  

sta fin g. cnsis whlch exists now  

and which Wlll worsen substan-  

li ally next year. The Depart-  

ments su gS ested package has  

ado ted number of the recom-  

mendatlons made in Federation’s  

pollCy but com letel  

co rehensive new approaches  

1° staffing which the Federation  

has ca ed tor ’  

This crisis has arisen from  

deep seated structural problems  

in the way teachers are trained  

and distributed within NSW and  

these departmental proposals  

barely scratch the surface of  

these problems.  

The Federation will have to  

pursue vigorously with the  

Department the development of  

far more realistic staffing  

proposal but, more importantly,  

it will have to pursue with both  

the Government and the Depart-  

ment the adoption of the positive  

and comprehensive approach to  

staffing which the Federation  

has proposed.  

„ „  

Mailing Campaign  

If tde Federation is to achieve  

anything, however, it will need  

widespread support, both polit-  

ical and industrial, from its  

membership. April Council  

decided that the staffing issue  

was the most important issue to  

faced by the Federation in  

1984. It is of vital importance that  

this Federation brings as much  

political and industrial pressure  

to bear on the Government and  

the Department as possible.  

detailed campaign will be  

proposed to May Council. Lar-  

gely, this should be based on  

local schools, especially those  

threatened by serious staffing  

shortages next year, arousing  

aren tal and local community  

con cern. Once this is done,  

sc hools and parents, in conjunc-  

tion wit their local associations,  

can ensure that their members  

raise the sta ffi ng issue as  

priority political issue during the  

government’s pre-budget discus-  

si°ns Primary Schools espec-  

iaUy ‘U need to take th  

g‘ ven the Department’s priority  

list which will leave it open to the  

Government to choose the items  

they decide to implement.  

Secondary teachers must be  

concerned that the Department  

is toying with the idea of the re-  

introduction of country service  

in order to solve its problems,  

All action and political pressure  

undertaken will be co-ordinated  

into the industrial, political, and  

media campaign to be launched  

on Staffing in Infants/ Primary,  

Secondary Schools and TAFE  

by May Council.  

• Centre Spread: Anne Junor examines the Schools  

Commission’s new proposals for Commonwealth funding of  

public and private schools private schools will be  

receiving projected one billion dollars each year!  

NEW AWARD RATES 2, 23  

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